C4 Chemical

calculations
Exam-style questions

0 1 . 1 A student investigated the reaction of magnesium with oxygen.

The student calculated that 4.8 g of magnesium would make 8.0 g
of magnesium oxide.
The equation for the reaction is:
2Mg + O2 → 2MgO
What mass of oxygen is required to produce 8.0 g of magnesium
oxide from 4.8 g of magnesium? [1 mark]

0 1 . 2 The student heated magnesium to produce magnesium oxide.

Figure 1 shows the apparatus the student used.
Figure 1

The student:
 weighed 2.40 g of magnesium
 heated the crucible and magnesium
 when heating lifted up the lid slightly to let oxygen in but
stopped magnesium oxide escaping
 heated until all the magnesium formed a white powder
 weighed the magnesium ribbon formed.

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Table 1 shows the student’s results.
Table 1

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4

Mass of
2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40
magnesium in g
Mass of
magnesium 7.36 7.06 7.38 7.38
oxide in g

Calculate the mean mass of magnesium oxide produced. Give

your answer to 2 decimal places [3 marks]

0 1 . 3 The student produced less magnesium oxide than expected.

Suggest two reasons why. [2 marks]

0 2 A student made two solutions – solution A and solution B.

Solution A contained 5 g of copper sulfate in 50 cm3 of water.
Solution B contains 10 g of copper sulfate in 100 cm3 of water.
The student added solution B to solution A.
The student concluded that the new solution is more concentrated
because it has more copper sulfate dissolved in it
Is the student correct? Explain your answer. [3 marks]

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0 3 Industrially ethanol can be produced by two different methods.

Reaction 1: C2H4 + H2O → C2H5OH
Reaction 2: C6H12O6 → 2CO2 + 2C2H5OH
0 3 . 1 Explain why the atom economy in reaction 1 is equal to 100%. [2 marks]

0 3 . 2 Calculate the atom economy for reaction 2.

Use the equation.
Relative formula mass of
desired product from equation
Sum of relative formula masses
Atom economy = of all reactants from equations × 100
Relative atomic masses Ar: C = 12, H = 1, O = 16 [5 marks]

0 4 . 1 A student investigated the volume of sulfuric acid that reacted with 25 cm3
sodium hydroxide.
Describe a titration method the student could use in this
investigation. [6 marks]

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0 4 . 2 In the titration the student used 25.0 cm3 of sodium hydroxide.
This volume reacted with exactly 20.0 cm3 of 0.1 mol/dm3 of
sulfuric acid solution.
The equation for the reaction is:
2NaOH + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2H2O
What is the concentration in mol/dm3 of the sodium hydroxide
solution? [4 marks]

0 5 Describe how you can calculate the relative formula mass of a

compound.
[4 marks]

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